Robert Mallard | |
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Born | Robert Childs Mallard c. 1911 |
Died | November 20, 1948 (37 years old) |
Cause of death | Pistol shot to the chest Lynching |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Big Duck Duck |
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Known for | Lynching victim |
Spouse | Amy James Mallard |
Children | 1 |
Robert Childs "Big Duck" Mallard (c. 1911 – November 20, 1948) was an African American traveling casket salesman and landowner, who was shot and lynched by a group of about 20 members of the Ku Klux Klan in Lyons, Toombs County, Georgia. The people charged with his murder were acquitted by an all-white jury.